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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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